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Birmingham, Alabama – (AP) - A Birmingham group is calling on state officials to strengthen laws against teachers who have inappropriate relationships with students.
The group, called Citizens for Better Schools, held a news conference outside the State Department of Education headquarters in Montgomery on Monday.
Executive director Ronald Jackson said the organization was contacted two weeks ago by a mother whose 17-year-old son had an inappropriate relationship with his 38-year-old Advanced Placement history teacher.

Montgomery, Alabama – The fight over the White Hall gambling center is going to the Alabama Supreme Court.

Governor Bob Riley is asking the state's top court to block a ruling by former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Mark Kennedy that allowed the facility to reopen.

The Governor says Kennedy's ruling should be thrown out because Kennedy had worked in the past for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians which operates three gambling halls in the state.

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Montgomery, Alabama –
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Forecasters say a cold front moving into
Alabama likely will bring strong storms and the possibility of
tornadoes.
Forecasters say the main threats Wednesday are heavy rainfall,
damaging winds and flooding, but isolated tornadoes are possible.
Meteorologists in Mobile say strong southerly winds could
generate a high risk of rip currents along area beaches.
The system is expected spawn additional storms Thursday through
Saturday.

March 25,2009 – Listen,now,to some of the stories making headlines this hour in the WVAS newsroom.

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Montgomery, Alabama –
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A debate looms in the Alabama House this
week over proposed legislation that would remove the state's 4
percent sales tax from food.
Returning from spring break, lawmakers take up the controversial
food tax bill Tuesday as the first order of business.
Members will debate replacing the lost sales tax revenue by
disallowing the deduction of federal income tax from state income
tax.
The vote likely will be close and probably will break along

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